Eye movements – whether part of a yoga practice or other – can help overcome age-related, progressive loss of flexibility and tone in the eye muscles. Eyes get used to routine patterns and lose their ability to focus at different distances. Moving and stretching those muscles enhances vision, balance, and eye health.
According to optometrist, William Moskowitz, “you can increase your range of motion with eye movements. Even more significant, is increasing peripheral awareness. Practicing eye movements helps you become more aware of the space around you.” Movements and palming (cupping the palms over the eyes) creates muscle relaxation through the peripheral nerve fibers. Photoreceptors break down and are reconstructed every minute says, Robert Abel, author of The Eye Care Revolution. Eyes desperately need darkness to recover from the constant stress of light.
That’s why eye. A little inSIGHT for eyeSIGHT.